ANGER

It was not necessary to think about the name of the skill, they were linked to the soul, using a skill would be like breathing, but Alex did it for better concentration because it was the first time he did it.

After activating the skill, a flow of energy left the body of the dead monster and entered Alex's body, the only statistic that in its base was higher than Alex's stats was agility, which immediately shot up to 45, and that was just the base stat.

He quickly adjusted to the new agility, because his sacred body was no joke. And he immediately went in search of anything of value he had in the tent. After putting some things he found useful in his storage, he checked the condition of his body, prepared himself mentally and deactivated the black barrier he had used to isolate this tent.

'I did well, in choosing to fight in restricted space, and with a few at a time, because if they put this guy built for speed together with the other stronger ones, the leader and a bunch of cannon fodder, I would have definitely died,' he thought, patting himself on the back. back for having thought of such a good plan, even though it was a bit cowardly

"Now let's go to the boss, let's end this quickly, and get back to the bus, but only if possible" he wanted it to be a quick victory but he knew it wouldn't be that easy

This time he didn't think about making a barrier around the tent there was no need, since this was the last fighter in the village

And now he finally used the appraise skill on the living beings in the tent

And the result left him confused at first

'This should be a village of only goblins, so what is he doing here?' Alex was genuinely confused

'There shouldn't be any of them here, I know this world seems like a fantasy world, but still... and this guy is going to be a huge headache to deal with' he thought as he assessed the strongest creature he had ever encountered

He really didn't know if he could fight this being, even though he was broken and had stolen abilities, there was a gap that only time would help him overcome

He was already thinking about disappearing from there, because even with everything he had he still wasn't willing to risk it, it was better to play it safe

But he kept using the assessment skill, and what he saw made him stop thinking for a moment, two more status screens appeared and with the vitality level down low on top of that

So without thinking about safety or anything else, he invaded the tent holding his sacred sword with both hands and with all his buff skills activated to the maximum.

He charged at the creature that could have had an air of royalty and was quite beautiful, but that at that moment seemed very disgusting to Alex, even the goblins seemed beautiful in comparison, in Alex's heart at that moment.

The being still not fully aware of Alex's presence, felt his instincts tingle so he stopped the whip that was in his hands, and quickly turned back where our protagonist tried a surprise attack, using the shadows as cover. But the being stopped swinging the whip and immediately brandished it with a deafening crack towards the approaching shadows.

The speed of the weapon caught Alex off guard, which made him stop his momentum and hurriedly lower himself to the ground, avoiding the whip that still cut his hair. But our Hero was not intimidated and used the shadows to appear in front of the being, already slashing the sword upwards with all his strength, intending to split the being in two

At the same time he positioned himself, between the being and two people who were being whipped relentlessly before he entered

But this was not a weak goblin who could not react to attacks like that, he felt the death spurt coming from the sword that seemed sharp, too sharp as if it could cut anything, and managed at the last moment to tilt his body just enough to avoid certain death

But he still came out with a cut that went from his belly to his shoulder, he immediately distanced himself from the human and looked with a distorted and angry face

"What are you doing here, you insignificant human!?" said the creature in a language that was not at all earthly, but that Alex was unexpectedly able to decipher

'I think it must be the system that translates in my head, because I've never heard that language, but I can understand everything well, too well' he thought without any intention of answering the being, because he didn't see any point in talking to an enemy, much less listening to monologues like the protagonists of Shounen

"Hiccup"

"Hiccup"

Alex heard sobs behind him, he tilted his head a little but never took the enemy out of his field of vision, nor did he lower his guard, on the contrary, his concentration increased with each second, but even so he managed to speak, undecided whether people would be able to understand him or not

"Don't cry anymore, he won't touch you anymore" he said in a calm voice and with such confidence that it was almost palpable

Alex wasn't very sure if the two people had understood, but they at least lowered the volume of their crying

He turned back to the being, who had a human appearance, dark skin, pointy ears, red runic markings similar to those of goblins but much more striking and these shone with a frightening glow, this being was beautiful, would leave any pop idol on Earth eating dust

With black hair with green roots, as if they had already been completely green before, he had light green eyes and an unappealing face, with a considerably tall stature

Alex didn't care at all about this man's appearance, all he felt towards this being was anger, a raw and uncontrollable anger

He had only felt this kind of anger a few times in his life, but now he was feeling it again, the first time he felt it he almost killed his ex-brother-in-law with his own hands, if it weren't for his nephews he would have definitely killed him, even if he had to go to prison

But this time without any impediment he will definitely do everything to kill this despicable being, who is in front of him

While Alex and the long-eared man stared at each other, two disheveled figures were Behind our hero, they looked at Alex's back, with a mixture of apprehension, fear, confusion and a great measure of gratitude.

There were two women, one clearly a teenager and the other a young adult. They had pointy ears just like the man, but their skin was white as snow, at least it was because now it was marked with purple, red and various marks. The teenager had light green hair and equally green eyes, they looked very similar to the man's figure.

They had whip marks all over their bodies, and they no longer had clothes, they were just pieces of mistreated cloth. The larger figure had bite marks on his private parts, top and bottom, and had several bruises. They also had runic marks, and seemed to restrict his movements because they did not move from their places or say anything.

They wanted to ask Alex to run away, tell him that he was going to die or simply say thank you before they all died, because they knew the strength of the man with pointy ears, and this artifact was simply very strong

They saw the exchange from before and understood that Alex was weaker than the man. Seeing the women's intentions and feeling their feelings for the artifact, the man scoffed.

"Do you think I'm going to let this clown escape? For trying to play the hero, I'm going to torture you in front of him and then I'm going to take care of him too. Watch what I do to your hero, my dear niece," he said in a mocking tone, already certain of his victory.

They cried even more and became even more frightened. "That's what fun is, giving them hope and then ending that shred of hope. I have to thank you for that, human," he said with a crazy laugh. Alex realized that he was clearly out of his mind. Alex continued without saying a word, only anger marked his face at the moment.

'Now I know where these marks came from. He's not the leader of the goblins, he was just using them as slaves. Even his condition was affected,' Alex thought as he looked at the chest of the man who was shirtless, and He had a black tattoo of a reddish-black sun, deformed, and from it the runic tattoos branched out to his body and mainly to his arms and hands.

After using the appraisal ability, Alex knew that it was an SS-level artifact, which had connected to the man's heart. He already understood the man's abilities and his own.

He knew it would be difficult to win, but he didn't care, because now all he cared about was killing this man.

And it would be here and now.

Meanwhile, the teenager's mind was going through how she got to this situation.